St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-14
THE BREAD OF LIFE.
Rev. Hall DiscOurses on the g OdIike
Attributes of the savior.

Attributes of the savior.
Rev. j. j. Hall preached in the First
Free Baptist church on the subject: The
Bread of Life" taking for his text the
words, 'And Jesus said unto them, | am
the bread of life; he that cometh to me shall
never hunger. and he that believeth in me
shall never thirst" John vi, 35. Mr.. Hall
said:
Jesus was in the midst Of His popularity.
The people were coming to Him from every
quarter, and yet they asked for more evidence
of His authority than any He had given, and
although they had witnessed the miracle of
feeding 5000 people with five lOaves and two
fishes, they reminded Christ that when Moses
was the chosen leader of the children of Israel
God rained bread from heaven and fed them
with mamma. Seeing in this mama u symbol
of Himself, our Lord seizes this incident to
preach sermon, for the utterance OF which
man ought to rejoice for all time. He would
have them look away from the bread which
perisheth to that which imparts life for ever
more. Who would have thought of comparing
God to loaf of bread, to be taken and eaten
by US? And yet it is tC me wonderful
thought that the wisdom and the power and
the love and the mercy of God become the
bread of humanity. The very con:mouness
of bread becomes Il constant reminder of the
helpfuness and nearness of God. I do not
care TO know Of God as great king, or the
God of the Hebrew people, but as God who
is the source of all my strength and the sup
port OF my life. God is the great sustainer
of ali men, for in Him we live and move and
have our being, and from age to age His
power and goodness have been fully and
freely impaired unto all. 1t is true that many
persons do not realize this fact. They talk
Of the laws OF Nature. What are the laws of
Nature? Has God created the world and then
go ne 10 sleep? Is Nature like a watch wound
up and allowedssto run itself down? God S intel
lgence, wisdom power and goodness gave Ma
ture her laws and sees to the carrying out of
the same. How general is the use OF bread!
Many luXurries are INDUCED in by some per-
Sous with large purses and empty heads
and gluttonous desires the very existence Of
of these luxures are undreamed of by others,
but it is hard for any to dispense with bread.
The rich cannot do without it and the poorest
may certainly have it. 1t seems a necessity
in the household. The greatest Of Gods
blessings are within the reach Of us ALL 1t is
true we may not explain how doing this or
| sustaining from that; how believing this or
choosing that, may bring into our souls peace
and JOY. Yet the call is, 80. taste and see
that the Lord is good Jesus Christ comes
as food to the dying world. He ca n meet the
souls deepest longings, and he comes with a
power 10 free us from every form of evil.
We may not be able to explain how he can
do all this, but when | am sick place my
self in the physicians hands l do not wait
to understand all about the medicine before
takeit but trust in his knowledge and skin.
So would trust Christ with my dearest in
terests for time and for eternity. Enough
for me to know that he promises rest to the
heavy laden, peace to the distressed, JOY to
the sorrowing, strength to the weak and life
| to the dying. In Him is bread enough and to
| spare. Drink OF the water of life and thirst